Five Ted Cruz Twitter facts that you probably didn’t know

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz may only be a freshman senator, but the the pro-life conservative has made a big splash in Washington during the last six months. He frequently goes up against big names in politics and is unafraid to speak out bluntly and forcefully. For those of us who can’t be on the Senate floor 24/7, we must rely on Cruz’s Twitter account for our daily dose of Ted-tweets.

5. Cruz is a gambler. Millions were watching at tip-off, including Cruz and his fellow Texas Sen. John Cornyn, both rooting for the Spurs to take it all. Also watching were Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, who were eager for Miami to bring the heat. Announced via Twitter and Facebook, the senators placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the championships.

4. Cruz topped the Senate in grieving the death of former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.Not many lawmakers sent out eight separate tweets over the course of the three days following the Iron Lady’s death. Ted Cruz did.

Paying tribute to the Iron Lady in quotes: “There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.” – Margaret Thatcher

3. The Senator loves memes. He doesn’t just casually employ them every once and a while. He uses them a lot. Like, all. The. Time. Maybe he’s doing it to appeal to a younger demographic, or maybe he just finds the captured pictures amusing. Either way, his followers are loving it.

On April 14, he tweeted a meme of “Robosquirrel,” complete with a “nutty” pun.

It’ll take average taxpayer 46 more years of paying taxes to pay for 1 robosquirrel. That’s just nutty! pic.twitter.com/kM0XokOacB